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APRIL 2025 UPDATE 2

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Madam Olayemi Platt, a senior community stakeholder for donating to the school a mini solar lamp in support of our pupils (SSS3) who are staying in school to prepare for their examinations. Her generosity is very much appreciated. The school administration has always been grateful to Miss Pratt for the steadfast commitment to our Extra Mile school

APRIL 2025 UPDATE 1

In preparation for the 2025 WASSCE, which will begin on May 5th for our school, seven of our eight girls joined the 14 boys who have been camping in school for almost 3 months now. This year, students seem to be determined, just as the 9 legends. Thanks to the teachers who have been sacrificing to come and support them.

FEBRUARY 2025 UPDATE 1

This was the school's first ever Foundation Day celebration and Thanksgiving service in the school. It was a very memorable day for all involved.

June 09, 2016

Congratulations!

June 09, 2016/ Matthew Fielding

Mr.Moses Conteh and his new wife Marie at their marriage registration at Roksy Building, June 1st. 2016, witnessed by Mrs.Anne King, one of Extra Mile's fantastic volunteers, who is teaching Mathematics at Lady Patricia Kabbah Memorial JSS, Goderich.

June 09, 2016/ Matthew Fielding/

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January 13, 2016

Extra Mile Report - January 2016

January 13, 2016/ Matthew Fielding
Extra Mile Report - January 2016

Please follow this link to download a copy of the extended December 2014 Report from the Extra Mile team.

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January 13, 2016/ Matthew Fielding/ Comment
November 04, 2015

A Container Arrives

November 04, 2015/ Matthew Fielding
A Container Arrives

In the summer we shipped a whole container full to supplies for the new school out to Freetown. Below you can see pictures of its arrival in Freetown and transportation on to Goderich.

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November 04, 2015/ Matthew Fielding/ Comment
January 02, 2015

Extra Mile Report - December 2014

January 02, 2015/ Matthew Fielding
Extra Mile Report - December 2014

Please follow this LINK to download a copy of the extended January 2016 Report from the Extra Mile team.

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January 02, 2015/ Matthew Fielding/ 1 Comment
October 01, 2014

Ebola Update

October 01, 2014/ Matthew Fielding
Ebola Update

Yes, the news from Sierra Leone is grim and not expected to get any better, any time soon. Mike returned from Sierra Leone in late August 2014 on one of the last flights after the Gambia Bird airline 'pulled the plug' on its return flights to London...

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October 01, 2014/ Matthew Fielding/ Comment
September 17, 2014

Extra Mile School Building Update

September 17, 2014/ Matthew Fielding
Extra Mile School Building Update

Despite the growing anxiety over the threat of EVD, and it is very real, we can still continue life here, almost as normally as we can and respond to those everyday strains that continue to challenge us.

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September 17, 2014/ Matthew Fielding/
March 09, 2014

Mike in Sierra Leone

March 09, 2014/ Matthew Fielding

Last Monday, we finally emerged from the SLRTA (Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority) with a driving license for Craig Gaffney, our Extra Mile volunteer.

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March 09, 2014/ Matthew Fielding/
February 26, 2014

New FREE School Building, Right on Track!

February 26, 2014/ Matthew Fielding
New FREE School Building, Right on Track!

We just thought we would send a few images from the site of the new ‘FREE’ school in the Ober-Funkia, district of Goderich, near Freetown.

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February 26, 2014/ Matthew Fielding/
November 18, 2013

Blog from volunteer Craig Gaffney

November 18, 2013/ Matthew Fielding

Our latest volunteer Craig Gaffney will be out in Sierra Leone for the next 6 months and he has been regularly - well, regularly for SIerra Leone - updating his personal blog from Goderich.

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November 18, 2013/ Matthew Fielding/
August 30, 2013

A tough place to learn!

August 30, 2013/ Matthew Fielding
A tough place to learn!

As Martin Smidman prepared for his two-week, Extra Mile programme at Agape ‘Experimental’ School in Sierra Leone there were the inevitable, crucial enquiries, such as, ‘how long are the lessons?’ and ‘how big are the classes?’.

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August 30, 2013/ Matthew Fielding/
August 25, 2013

Not even a test tube!

August 25, 2013/ Matthew Fielding
Not even a test tube!

A colleague handed an advert, in a teacher magazine, to Claire Lintern in 2010. She applied to become a volunteer with Extra Mile and taught at Bishop Jane Middleton High School in Goderich, Sierra Leone.

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August 25, 2013/ Matthew Fielding/
August 22, 2013

Tim’s fourth Extra Mile programme, ‘inspirational’

August 22, 2013/ Matthew Fielding
Tim’s fourth Extra Mile programme, ‘inspirational’

Tim Feast’s fourth education programme, since 2009 with Extra Mile, in Sierra Leone has been exceptional.

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August 22, 2013/ Matthew Fielding/
August 17, 2013

No, really, every pupil had a pen!!!

August 17, 2013/ Matthew Fielding
No, really, every pupil had a pen!!!

Since her return to the UK in June 2012 when Dr. Jane Bentham had worked at Services Secondary School, Juba, in Sierra Leone, she has been working hard to continue her work for Extra Mile, by raising funds for its work in this small West African republic.

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August 17, 2013/ Matthew Fielding/
May 15, 2013

Claire’s stay in Goderich

May 15, 2013/ Matthew Fielding
Claire’s stay in Goderich

Well, I’ve been here now since September and in many ways its only feels like a week! Yet in other ways it’s now home and I can’t imagine being anywhere else.

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May 15, 2013/ Matthew Fielding/
March 06, 2013

Chloe’s 120 mph Skydive for Extra Mile

March 06, 2013/ Matthew Fielding

Chloe Ennis, an 17 year old arts student from King Edward VI College, studying A Level Media, Art, Textiles and Photography, and Sandy Wright’s granddaughter, will be soaring from 12,000 feet at speeds of 120 mph in a 5 minute tandem skydive on her 18th. birthday in April 13.

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March 06, 2013/ Matthew Fielding/
February 20, 2013

January begins.... (from current volunteer Claire Lintern)

February 20, 2013/ Matthew Fielding

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Don’t know about you but I can’t believe it’s a new year already..... So much has changed some good some bad as always.

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February 20, 2013/ Matthew Fielding/
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